Vegan Activism
Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine seems to play a bit loose with the facts about nutrition. This organization is less about research and evidenced based medicine, and far more about an agenda or advocacy.
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What We Know About Fat
The USDA recommendations for using less saturated fat and more monounsaturated or polyunsaturated fat were not based no the scientific literature. What we really know about fat, and diet – based on prospective studies, is here- and it isn’t what you think it should be.
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Red Meat and Early Mortality
Does red meat increase your mortality? According to the recent report it does- but when you analyze that report, you find that correlation does not equal causation, and here are just a few major flaws with that study.
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Simple Tips to Age Well
Science agrees on a few simple things to help prevent old age from becoming senile old age. Here are a few tips that all of us in medicine agree on- and it just so happens my 87 year old dad and 83 year old mom practice them.
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Scrambled Eggs via Chef Gordon Ramsay
Making the perfect scrambled eggs is an art that is required of any who wish to learn the basics of cooking. Gordon Ramsay has prospective chefs make him scrambled eggs, just to see if they do it right. Well, here is how to do it- along with a video from the man himself.
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Paula Deen’s Diabetes – a Physicians Perspective
Paula Deen’s celebrity can be a powerful force for diabetes research and education – while her food didn’t help her, it was more her genetic make up than the food. But the best quote is from Anthony Bourdain.
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Paleolithic Diet: Old Genes to Fit in Jeans
Did our guts evolve in the Paleolithic era so that to avoid modern disease we should eat like a caveman? Does our genetic code have the answer to fit into those slim jeans? Or is this just another low-carb fad diet. Well, there are some good points, and here is the skinny
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Caldwell Esselstyn: Proponent of Plant Based Diet
Caldwell Esselstyn started out life as a surgeon and went into preventive medicine- sadly his population based studies and conclusions have flaws in them, and his plant based diet thoughts will not prevent coronary artery disease.
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The Ornish Myth
Dean Ornish published a paper claiming a reduction in coronary atherosclerosis from a low fat diet in 1998, but it has never been reproduced. Today that work is cited by many vegans, and some cardiologists. Dr. Ornish is the lead health-blogger for Huffington Post, and is favorably mentioned by Dr. Oz.
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